Tire-cushion for vehicles.



PATENTED APR. 21, 908.

W. E. GARVEY. v TIRE CUSHION FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4, I907.

Parana? orrrcn urra erases WILLIAM ENGARVEY, or cLur-nmni), orno.

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Specification of. Letters Patent.

No. eassaa I Application filed-lune -52, Serial No. 377,186. I

Patented April 21, 190B.

To all whom it may concern:

itknown that I, VVILLIAM E. GARYEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleventhe county of Cuyahoga and State of have invented certainnew and useful Im movements in Tire-Cushions for Vehicles;

an =Ido hereby declare the following to be a lull, clear, and exact descri tion of theinvention, such as will enable 0t cits skilled in the artto-j which it appertainsto make and use the same.

For uton'iobile tires 1 have produced a cushioi lling in which arope core has been. found to give an eflic'i'ent cushion foundation for a wound cushionof lighter and more elastic substance such as yarn which in fact forms the cushion and as a filling for a 'sire d' cushioning action.

clencherrubber casing, takes the place of the air tube and forms a support for the rubber body inthe seating of tiles alit base of the rubber tire or casing, to ive t c full cushioning e'flect to the tread ol the latter and form hardness, a yielding filling which will maintain its cushioningcharacter in wearing rubber clencher tire filled with separate windand in effecting the proper outseveral rubber tires or casings.

In the accompanying drawings l. have shown in Figure 1 a transverse section of a ings each having different cushioning capacities and comprising a rope and a yarn wind ing thereon. Fi 2 shows in sectional elevation aportion o a rubber tire showingmy improved cushioning filling of ropeand yarn wound thereon by a sing e strand. Fig. 3 shows a portion of the wound tire filling in which I prefer that the yarn winding be made by a diagonal crossing of the strands upon the rope-co1'e.

I use "the Well known clcncher tire and I clenching rim of thewhecl because of the ad vantage it gives in applyin my invention filling of a cushthe separate windings of different degrees toning so that it will have a com act nttmg w thin and upon the inner walls 0 the rubber tire except at the base thereof, and

because of the facility it affords for its re moval and replacement by a new one upon the same Wound filling.

In making the cushioning filling I take a piece of rope 1,' and of a length sufiicient to orm when its ends are oined, a ring adapted to form a core withinthe rubber tire and for this purpose I refer that the diameter of the rope shall hea out half the inner diameter of the rubber tire or casing, and cause it to have a certain yielding or cushioning function; But the element which forms the filling and cushion proper for the tire is produced upon this rope core by winding thereon a body of yarn 2 until it makes a thickness sufficient to fill the rubber tire with a compact fitting andwhich can be determined by measurement of the wound body. The windin of the should be compactly made-an when fitted within the tire the latter acts as a binder for the twisted strands and has thereon a perfectly cushioned seating having its resiliency maintained by the cooperation of a rope core of greater density and less resilient function and which has the effect of keeping the yarn winding in active condition so that it will yield and expand with the cushioning action of the rubber tire. An automobile tire thus made while being of less cost is very much more durable than a pneumatic tire and gives to the wheel the desired spring action.

Rcferrin to Fig. 1 it will be noted that the cylindrical ody formedby the yarn winding has nosupport at theopen or s i clencher the but is free to e compressed within the space formed between the openclencher sides and theclencher part ofthe wheel-rim, so that the yielding of the tire underits tread-pressure willallow both thero s core and its yarn winding to yield toget 1er and force that part of the yarn filling which t base of the f crosses the split 'basebctwecn the horns of theitire into the space between its side horns and thus cause a durable and moderate yielding of the tire cushion as abody while at the same time allowing the tire to have the de sired tread cushioning function. The advantage of this construction causes the yielding of the tread under pressure not merely. to flatten thatpart of the cushion next to the tire tread but to force the cushion as an entirety against the. inner walls of the base of the tirc and l'lnc liifilild tlle space between its a lit base and in this Way the resiliency of t a cushion is rendered more durable.

1 prefer to make the yarn winding ollzilter mite layers in diagonal directions upon the core as it gives a better resilient action and has iheclient of retaining its resilient. character and filling function.

I claim:

1. A VQ-lll lQ tire consisting of a rubber casing, a cure of rope, and l winding thereon of :1V strand of yarn fitting and filling the rubber casing and forming cushioning support ZiXBIBfOZ upnn the rupewore.

2 A reins-la tire consisting of a naming, and

strands forming a rope-core, 1.

mg being strand womnl of aiirrn in diagonal (lira-trons upon the cure and l1- ing tbs greater rvsilie-nl func-tiun, filling the casing and supporting it.

In testimony whereof l have name to tl TS specification in the two subsvribing witnesses.

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Witnes \l. J. ENGEL, l A. .limsrrminmnn.

signed my presence nl 

